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#BREAKING In the ultimate defeat of Donald Trump’s regime, the US Suppreme Court has ruled the Trump tariffs illegal (6 to 3 ruling).
This means Trump has illegally taxed the American people 150 billion dollars.
Instead of buying more marble armrests and golden sculptures, it is time to pay back what you owe the people, Donnie.
@randahl There goes the ballroom.
Pretty sure the ultimate defeat of Trump's regime would be him and all his buddies getting the death penalty for raping and murdering children but what do I know?
Not his problem; that's for the Treasury to fix. Trump'll keep "upgrading" the various existing monuments and building new ones to himself. Marble quarries are expanding their infrastructure in anticipation 😁.
@randahl He'll just ignore the ruling. That same court declared him above the law.
@randahl Well he's already siphoned off $10 billion to his "board of peace" and there's zero chance of recouping the rest in our lifetimes, still his children will live even more comfortable and opulent lives because of it.
@randahl The irony is that the people indirectly paid the tariffs. However, the money is being refunded to the foreign companies that initially paid the tariffs.
In the end, Trump only harmed his own people.
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It's illegal, so ARREST THEM ALL!
What, no accountability SCOTUS?
@randahl The funniest thing will be businesses claiming back the tariff fees they've paid.
@randahl great businessman
He's gone broke in his own businesses, US economy still to go
@randahl assume we can guess who the three judges were? :)
@randahl This is very far from any 'ultimate defeat'. They are still walking free, and still in charge. Ultimate defeat would require unseating from power, judicial consequences for crimes committed, and widespread moral outrage among formal supporters, sufficient to reverse that support.
This is a speed bump. A big one, but only that.
@randahl I want him held to account. But can I also some justice out of the disgusting toadies that enabled him?
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According to the NYT, the U.S. Treasury has collected roughly $240 billion in tariff revenue since April 2, 2025, a date President Trump labeled “Liberation Day” as he imposed his sweeping tariffs. The research firm Capital Economics estimated that if the Treasury is forced to issue refunds, the cost would run to about $120 billion, or 0.5 percent of gross domestic product.
@bmk correct, there are several numbers floating around. The 150 billion is CNN’s number. Some say 130 billion. And the 240 billion could be ALL tariffs collected, which includes more than the 1 year old Trump tariffs.
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The most important thing is that it will have a huge impact, economically in both the US and globally.
@bmk certainly. And it is a huge political defeat to Trump which I expect will weaken his standing in the Republican party.
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I'm afraid we stand corrected. Trump is lashing out at the court's judges.
This shows that we can have little confidence that he will allow himself to be restricted by anyone.
His reaction highlighted his lack of deference to the constitutional separation of powers.
Also not a good outlook for what he'll do after losing the midterms.
